The Russian occupation forces assaulted servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 64 times in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area over the past 24 hours.

According to the Staff, the terrorists carried out 38 attacks at the Mariupol, 20 at the Donetsk, and six at the Luhansk section of the front.

"The Ukrainian strongholds in Marinka and Krasnohorivka at the Mariupol section of the front came under shelling with 152-mm artillery banned by the Minsk agreements. The enemy also shelled Krasnohorivka with 122-mm self-propelled guns, Shyrokyne and Marinka with 120-mm mortars. The enemy employed 82-mm mortars against Vodiane, Lebedynske, and Berezove," the report reads.

It was reported that the enemy did not stop committing armed provocations at the Donetsk section of the front as well: "The fiercest attacks were committed against positions near Avdiivka, which were fired at by the Russian occupants with 120-mm and 82-mm mortars, grenade launchers, high-caliber machine guns and small arms. The enemy also shelled Novoselivka Druha with 120-mm mortars and employed 82-mm mortars and grenade launchers against defenders of Opytne and Zaitseve villages."

"The invaders provided both accurate and indiscriminate fire on Novooleksandrivka, Stanytsia Luhanska, and Novozvanivka in the Luhansk region," the Staff added.

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